At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 75
Just as Cheng De arrived at the study, Luo Yan arrived on the back.

After Luo Yan saluted, she looked at Cheng De and said, "General, you sent Luo Erhu to ask me to send a gift to Xu Da's house earlier, and the matter has been settled."

Cheng De nodded, but seeing Luo Yan's solemn expression, Cheng De looked at her curiously: "What do you want to tell me?"

Luo Yan hesitated: "General, I heard that the General's Mansion fully funded the establishment of the Sizhou Military Academy?"

Cheng De: "Is there any problem with this?"

Luo Yan was silent for a while, and then replied: "General, if the General Mansion fully funds the establishment of the Sizhou Military Academy, then after the academy is completed, there will not be much money left in the General Mansion."

After hearing this, Cheng De's heart sank, "How much money do you have in the General's Mansion?"

Luo Yan didn't hesitate at all: "About 10 taels."

Cheng De looked at Luo Yan suspiciously, but Luo Yan's face remained unchanged, and she also shifted her gaze to Cheng De.

"General, before you said that after a soldier dies in battle, if his family is poor and difficult, the general's mansion will take care of him. Now, the general's mansion has 350 households, a total of [-] people. These people, I Arrange them all in the village where the general started the incident. The expenses they need, as well as the supplies needed for school-age children to study, are all provided by our general's mansion. And this expense is quite a lot." Luo Yan Having said that, he paused.

"Before, because the general's mansion was still responsible for the pensions of the soldiers who died in battle, it cost a lot of money. This item alone is far more than what I said before. Fortunately, the distribution of pensions will be handed over to the household department in the future. Sending it in the name of the general relieved the pressure on the general's mansion. However, the general's mansion urgently needs to increase income and reduce expenditure. Otherwise, I'm afraid the money won't last long."

Hearing Luo Yan's words, Cheng De fell silent.

Everything is difficult because of money.

Where did you get this money?
Has Li Sanqi's salt field been under control?

If Li Sanqi's salt field is under control and Huai'an Road is cleared, he is also planning to open a port on Huai'an Road to attract investment.

At the same time, Sizhou City will also be open to attract investment.

However, Sizhou City will be used as a pilot, and if it is effective, it will be implemented on Huai'an Road.

However, in the late Yuan Dynasty, those maritime merchants were basically distributed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Unless you win Yangzhou Road and Jiqing Road again.

Otherwise, the safety of those maritime merchants cannot be guaranteed, so what is the talk of opening a port and attracting investment?
Thinking of this, Cheng De turned his attention to the technological products of his previous life.

But those products, even if they are actually produced, who can they be sold to?
It's not for food.

Even if it can be sold, there are very few of them, and in the end it is just a drop in the bucket, which is useless.

The people under the Sizhou Army did not have much spending power at all, and those landlords who had spending power only wanted to hoard food to deal with various disasters such as famine.

Various natural disasters in the past 20 years in the Yuan Dynasty made the consumption willingness of those landowners more inclined to conservative.

There is less and less food in the market today.

Many landowners like to hoard grain, and Jue Shengwei has a lot of investigation data on this.

Apart from this point, Jueshengwei also discovered a strange thing.

That is, the accumulation of all the silver of the people under the rule of the entire Sizhou Army is not high.

Among them, those landlords are also included.

So Cheng De was puzzled.

Where did all the silver go?

This became a puzzling doubt in Cheng De's heart.

Withdrawing his thoughts and looking at Luo Yan, Cheng De thought for a while, and then said: "Sizhou Military Academy must be built, and the cost must be paid. As for the problem of insufficient silver, first cut down expenditure, and as for open source If you have any good ideas, you can make up your own mind. Or, you can discuss it with sister Xiuying."

Luo Yan nodded lightly, "Yes, I already know."

Cheng De: "I see you are a little tired, go down and have a good rest, don't be tired."

Luo Yan: "Yes, the concubine will not bother the general anymore."

Cheng De watched Luo Yan's leaving back, and his eyes were attracted by "Historical Records" and "Han Feizi" on the desk in front of him.

These two books were bound very well by Mr. Luo.

As for the thick information about the Academy of Sciences on the side, Cheng De didn't look at him.

At present, due to drinking some wine, his head is still a little dizzy, so he doesn't really want to read those materials.

I'm going to save it for tomorrow when my mind is clear.

Cheng De picked up "Historical Records" and casually flipped through it.

Time passed quietly.

soon.

Zhang Qijiu asked to see him.

Cheng De met him in the study.

"Meet the general!" Zhang Qijiu lowered his head and bowed in salute.

"Did Liu Junfeng arrive in Sizhou City?" Cheng De looked at Zhang Qijiu with mixed emotions.

"General, Liu Junfeng and his family have arrived. The subordinates have arranged them in a courtyard not far from the general's mansion. And Liu Junfeng is waiting outside the general's mansion at this moment." Zhang Qijiu replied.

Cheng De was startled when he heard the words, his eyes flashed, "You did a good job in this matter, go and bring Liu Junfeng to my study."

"Yes." Zhang Qijiu responded with a bow.

Immediately, Zhang Qijiu hurried out of the study.

Cheng De turned his attention to "Historical Records" again, and just after turning through a page, Zhang Qijiu left and returned.

Beside him stood a young man with a stern face.

"My subordinates pay respects to the general!" Liu Junfeng saluted immediately.

Liu Junfeng's movements were meticulous.

Looking at Liu Junfeng's stern and serious face, Cheng De said gently: "It's been a hard journey. Do you know why I called you here from Haozhou?"

"My subordinates don't know." Liu Junfeng immediately replied with a sonorous tone.

Cheng De's expression froze, and he glanced at Zhang Qijiu.

Zhang Qijiu was lowering his head, not seeing Cheng De's eyes.

Cheng De reluctantly shifted his gaze to Liu Junfeng, "Have you ever read a book?"

"No. However, since I entered Jinyiwei, my subordinates have asked someone to teach me how to read, and now I can basically understand the characters." Liu Junfeng replied.

"Is that so—" Cheng De paused, "Have you ever practiced martial arts?"

"I've studied art with a teacher for several years." Liu Junfeng replied.

At this time, Zhang Qijiu added: "General, Liu Junfeng is good at riding and shooting, especially his shooting skills are superb, he can be regarded as a hundred hits."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Qijiu immediately lowered his head and looked at the ground.

Liu Junfeng's face was still icy, without any change.

As if it was a matter of course, nothing to brag about.

Cheng De was stunned, and looked at Liu Junfeng with narrowed eyes, "I didn't expect that there was a surprise. You are very good. Do you know the relationship between us?"

Liu Junfeng shook his head, "I don't know."

Cheng De smiled, "According to the relationship, I have to call you cousin. And your mother, I have to call her aunt."

Liu Junfeng stared blankly, then looked at Cheng De in astonishment.

"This matter is naturally true. You can ask your mother, she and my mother are biological sisters. My mother is a younger sister, and your mother is an older sister." Cheng De looked at Liu Junfeng and explained.

Liu Junfeng calmed down, and said slowly: "My mother did tell me that she had a younger sister, but she was lost on the way to escape the famine 20 years ago. However, my mother later asked my father to find someone. My aunt was adopted by a family in Zhang Village. However, my family suffered a sudden change later, and my father was killed by a Yuan thief, and the only contact was broken. After that, I ran away all the way and lost contact completely. "

Cheng De nodded: "Tomorrow I will go to your house in person to meet my aunt."

Liu Junfeng showed a slight smile: "Then I will go home later and tell my mother the good news. My mother will be very happy when she finds out."

From the day Liu Junfeng joined Jinyiwei, he knew something about Cheng De.

In the vast world, Cheng De's parents passed away unfortunately, and he was alone.

However, he never thought that the world-famous General Zhenglu was actually his cousin.

This really surprised him.

"It's not urgent. I originally intended to transfer you to the personal barracks, but now I have changed my mind. I want to transfer you to the general's mansion, temporarily acting as a secretary, and staying in front of me. When the time is right, I will hand over to you." Here is an extremely important matter for you. I wonder if you would like it?" Cheng De stared at Liu Junfeng.

"This subordinate is willing." Liu Junfeng replied.

Cheng De looked at Liu Junfeng gratified, "In private, you can call me cousin, and it would be a bit unfair to call me subordinate."

However, Liu Junfeng flatly refused, "The general must not allow his subordinates to overstep because of personal interests. Otherwise, others will follow suit, which will damage the general's majesty."

Cheng De didn't try to persuade her again, "You are very nice. I will take Xiuying sister to visit my aunt tomorrow. You will report to the general's mansion the day after tomorrow."

"Yes." Liu Junfeng replied.

Cheng De and Liu Junfeng briefly chatted about some household matters, but Zhang Qijiu had already quietly retreated.

After half an hour.

Cheng De asked Liu Junfeng to go back to have a good rest, and asked Zhang Wusi to see him off.

Cheng De felt a little tired, leaning against his desk, squinting his eyes and dozing off.

When Cheng De woke up, he realized that it was already dark.

Cheng De stretched his body a few times before walking outside the study.

What Cheng De didn't expect was that there was a person standing outside his study.

This person, dressed in a white shirt, with his hands behind his back, looked at the dim stars and moon in the sky.

Judging from Xiao Se's back, this person is older.

Cheng De was puzzled as to who this person was.

The person seemed to hear the movement behind him and turned his head.

What met Cheng De's eyes was a wrinkled scribe.

Cheng De was stunned for a moment.

"Are you—" Cheng De asked in surprise.

"Shi Naian pays homage to the general!" Shi Naian bowed and saluted with a solemn expression.

Cheng De quickly helped him up with both hands, and said with self-reproach: "I didn't expect that the gentleman came, and it was really my fault for making him wait outside for so long. Sir, please, let's go to the study to talk."

As he spoke, Cheng De grabbed Shi Naian's hand with his left hand, made a gesture of invitation with his right hand, and walked towards the study.

Seeing this, Shi Naian was stunned.

But he didn't resist either, letting Cheng De hold his hand.

After arriving at the study.

Shi Naian looked at Cheng De and said: "Expel the barbarians, restore China, the sun and the moon shine, all are Han people. The general's ambition, I admire."

But Cheng De didn't see Shi Naian's admiration at all, so he couldn't help saying seriously: "What can you teach me, sir?"

Shi Naian did not respond immediately, but sighed sadly: "Wei Jiuyi, does the general remember this person?"

Cheng De froze, and immediately recalled it in his mind.

"This person is the head of a hundred households in my own barracks. I asked him to bring 100 people to welcome Mr. to Sizhou City. Now that Mr. has arrived, it means that Wei Jiuyi has completed the task I gave him. He is now in Where?" Cheng De replied.

"...He died. He died to save me. I feel ashamed about this matter. Before he died, let me tell the general that he did not disappoint the general. He did it. He hopes that the general can expel him soon Hulu, restore China, and bring the world back to peace, he believes the general can do it." Shi Naian said with a painful expression.

"Because of Wei Jiuyi, I decided to join the general. I also hope that I can do my best to make the peaceful world that Wei Jiuyi expects come soon—" Shi Naian sighed.

"Shi Naian pays homage to the superior!" Shi Naian solemnly bowed to Cheng De.

Cheng De looked at Shi Naian bowing his head in salute to him, but his heart felt a little heavy.

Wei Jiuyi is a good boy of our Sizhou Army.

"Sir, there is no need to be too polite." Cheng De said calmly.

　Luo Guanzhong made a mistake in the previous chapter, and it has been changed to Shi Naian. Sorry, I was confused.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)